Vazon Sliding Railway Bridge
Location type
BridgeName and dates
Vazon Sliding Railway Bridge (1866-)Description
The Vazon Sliding Railway Bridge built by Sir William Arrol & Company, carries the former Trent, Ancholme and Grimsby Railway over the Stainforth and Keadby Canal near Keadby. The 1925 bridge, which used batteries, was replaced with another electrically operating sliding bridge in 2004.
A very similar sliding bridge exists, although out of use, the Ulverston Canal Rolling Bridge. The bridge was hydraulically operated.
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Sliding bridgeAliases
Keady Sliding Railway Bridge11/01/2023
| Nearby stations Keadby Althorne [1st] Althorpe Gunness and Burringham Crowle Crowle [Joint] Belton Luddington Godnow Bridge Scunthorpe Eastoft Scunthorpe [NLLR] Frodingham and Scunthorpe [2nd] Fockerby Frodingham and Scunthorpe [1st] | Keadby Junction Gunness Wharf Gunhouse Junction Swinefleet Peat Works Appleby Frodingham Mine |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| / /1925 | Trent, Ancholme and Grimsby Railway William Arrol & Co Builds the Vazon Sliding Railway Bridge to carry the Trent, Ancholme and Grimsby Railway over the Stainforth and Keadby Canal near Keadby. |
| / /2004 | Trent, Ancholme and Grimsby Railway Vazon Sliding Railway Bridge replaced with another electrically operated sliding bridge. |
